Wisconsin Model Academic Standards:
Interpretive B.1 – Students will understand spoken language on familiar topics that has strong visual support.
Presentational C.1 – Students will dramatize student-created and/or authentic songs, short poems, skits or dialogues.
Practices D.1 – Students will interact with respect using culturally appropriate patterns of behavior in everyday informal and social situations.
Objectives:
- Students will practice conversation and reading techniques
- Students will use technology to navigate and explore Ecuador
- Students will learn about different cultures through role play and technology
Assessment of Student Learning:
- Observation of group work and scavenger hunt
- Participation in role play activities
- Locating scavenger hunt items
Materials Needed for Lesson:
- Computer with Google Earth
- Note cards
Introduction/Initiation/Hook:
- "Establishing Meaning" by providing basic TPR modeled vocabulary introduction. and creating discussion of student's personal travel experiences and real life insights
- "Asking the Story" of a traveler going to Ecuador therefore providing opportunities for students to apply the new vocabulary and solicit inquiry of deeper understanding of cultural and in-depth language fluency concepts
Teaching/Learning Activities:
- Introduce activity and split class into groups
- Explain Google Earth if needed
- Have volunteers act out tourism scenes with help of modeling
- Group scavenger hunt on Google Earth
Closure Activities:
- Scavenger hunt
- Quick review of scavenger hunt items, locations and meaning
Accommodations for Diverse Learners:
- Computer work
- Physical interaction
- Reading, listening
Assignments/Homework/Reminders:
- Possible list of places to search for in Google Earth at home
- Create your own scavenger hunt in Google Earth
Reflections/Revisions Needed for Next Time:
- Ease of navigating Google Earth
Aaron O’Connel
Interpretive B.1 – Students will understand spoken language on familiar topics that has strong visual support.
Presentational C.1 – Students will dramatize student-created and/or authentic songs, short poems, skits or dialogues.
Practices D.1 – Students will interact with respect using culturally appropriate patterns of behavior in everyday informal and social situations.
- Students will practice conversation and reading techniques
- Students will use technology to navigate and explore Ecuador
- Students will learn about different cultures through role play and technology
- Observation of group work and scavenger hunt
- Participation in role play activities
- Locating scavenger hunt items
- Computer with Google Earth
- Note cards
- "Establishing Meaning" by providing basic TPR modeled vocabulary introduction. and creating discussion of student's personal travel experiences and real life insights
- "Asking the Story" of a traveler going to Ecuador therefore providing opportunities for students to apply the new vocabulary and solicit inquiry of deeper understanding of cultural and in-depth language fluency concepts
- Introduce activity and split class into groups
- Explain Google Earth if needed
- Have volunteers act out tourism scenes with help of modeling
- Group scavenger hunt on Google Earth
- Scavenger hunt
- Quick review of scavenger hunt items, locations and meaning
- Computer work
- Physical interaction
- Reading, listening
- Possible list of places to search for in Google Earth at home
- Create your own scavenger hunt in Google Earth
- Ease of navigating Google Earth